Pear Apple Butter with Cardamom Spice
By clpkitsap
A creamy and spicy fruit butter that pairs beautifully with homemade bread, muffins, or pound cakes.
![Pear Apple Butter with Cardamom Spice](/media/pear-_-apple-butter-2-1_crop.jpg/rh/pear-apple-butter-with-cardamom-spice.jpg)
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter, salted
- 1/3 cup plus 1/4 cup honey
- 2 cinnamon sticks, broken into pieces
- 2 bartlett pears, cored, skins on, chopped into pieces
- 1 fuji apple, cored, skin on, chopped into pieces
- 3/4 teaspoon powdered cardamom
- 3/4 teaspoon powdered ginger
- 1 teaspoon powdered cinnamon
- 3 tablespoons brown sugar
- 4 tablespoons heavy cream
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- zest from one lemon
Details
Servings 20
Level of difficulty Easy
Preparation time 15mins
Cooking time 60mins
Cost Average budget
Preparation
Step 1
![Pear Apple Butter with Cardamom Spice - Step 1](/media/pear-_-apple-butter-3_crop.jpg/tsp/pear-apple-butter-with-cardamom-spice.jpg)
In a medium saucepan combine butter, honey, cinnamon sticks, pears, and the apple.
Over medium-high heat, bring to a simmer. Reduce heat to low and continue simmering for one hour.
Step 2
![Pear Apple Butter with Cardamom Spice - Step 2](/media/pear-_-apple-butter3-4_crop.jpg/tsp/pear-apple-butter-with-cardamom-spice.jpg)
Pour fruit and butter mixture into a blender. Add the cardamom, ginger, cinnamon, brown sugar and heavy cream. Blend until smooth.
Step 3
![Pear Apple Butter with Cardamom Spice - Step 3](/media/pear-_-apple-butter-2-8_crop.jpg/tsp/pear-apple-butter-with-cardamom-spice.jpg)
Return mixture to saucepan and over low, heat until thickened, several minutes. Do not boil.
Step 4
![Pear Apple Butter with Cardamom Spice - Step 4](/media/pear-_-apple-butter-2-7_crop.jpg/tsp/pear-apple-butter-with-cardamom-spice.jpg)
Remove from heat and add vanilla and lemon zest.
Allow to cool in the fridge several hours. Serve with bread, cakes, cookies, or from the spoon!
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- Eggs
- Sugar
- Olive Oil
- Milk
- Flour
- Baking Powder
METHOD
- Separate egg whites from yolk
- Whisk egg whites then add sugar, then set aside
- Put egg yolks in another bowl and whisk with sugar
- Mix in olive oil and milk
- Add whipped egg whites and fold into mixture with a spatula
- Divide into two new bowls
- Pour cocoa powder into one bowl and vanilla extra into the other
- Put vanilla mixture into each well of muffin tin
- Add a smaller layer of the cocoa mixture.
- Keep layering then top with the smallest layer of vanilla
- Put in oven and bake for 25 minutes at 350 degrees
- Serve!
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